Excerpt from Development and Spread of High-Yielding Varieties of Wheat and Rice in the Less Developed Nations The statistical portion of this edition covers the 8 crop years from 1965/ 66 through The latter crop year preceded the world fertilizer shortage the effects of which will not become apparent until the crop year. Data reported are based on information in hand as'of April 1974. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Rice and rice breeding; Development of high-yielding rice varieties; Rice varieties and area; Summary of area estimates.